barred

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
• Homophone: bard

Etymology 1

Verb

barred

1. simple past and past participle of bar

   He barred the door at evening.

Adjective

barred (comparative more barred, superlative most barred)

1. Having bars; striped.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall.  Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.

2. Prevented, either by a physical barrier or by conditions.

   He is barred by term limits from running for a third term in office.

3. (crosswording) Indicating the start and end of words using thicker lines instead of black squares.

   Antonym: blocked

   • 1976, Games & Puzzles:

     The majority of the first 114 puzzles were of a 15 x 15 design, since when all the puzzles have been on a 14 x 14 barred grid, with one exception.

   • 2012 October 15, Denise Sutherland, Solving Cryptic Crosswords For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 115:

     In this section of a barred crossword, the positions of 12 across and 9 down are highlighted.

   • 2012 September 7, Chambers, The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     In general the number of unchecked letters is greater in a blocked grid than in a barred one.

4. (slang) High on Xanax.

Derived terms

• barred knifejaw
• nonbarred
• overbarred
• time-barred
• tribarred

Translations

Having bars, striped

• Bulgarian: нашарен на ивици (našaren na ivici)
• Czech: proužkovaný
• Finnish: raidallinen (fi)

Prevented

• Bulgarian: изключен (izključen), забранен (bg) (zabranen)
• Finnish: suljettu (fi), kielletty (fi)
• Swedish: avstängd (sv) (barred from police, military, practicing medicine, law, etc.)

Etymology 2

Verb

barred

1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of barr

Anagrams

• Berard, Brader

Spanish

Verb

barred

1. second-person plural imperative of barrer